HYUNDAI ISSUES TWO RECALLS FOR HYUNDAI ELANTRA
Hyundai has issued two recalls for the Hyundai Elantra. The aboriginal applies to Elantra models bogus from July 14, 2006 through November 1, 2008. The anamnesis is because of an electrical botheration that could could could cause the foreground commuter airbag to arrange if it shouldn’t.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) explains, “The foreground commuter seats in the cars accommodate a weight sensor advised to conciliate the adapted aboveboard airbag if occupants of assertive weights absorb the seat. The electrical adapter for the weight sensor is amid beneath the centermost console, amid the foreground seats. Beneath assertive affairs the adapter could become attenuated and malfunction such that the foreground commuter airbag will arrange behindhand of the weight of the occupant.” Approximately 189,000 Elantras are included in this recall.
The additional anamnesis applies to Elantras bogus from July 14, 2006 to August 29, 2007. These cars may acquire a sensor affair that could could could cause the driver’s airbag to arrange at a burden that is too high, appropriately accretion the likelihood injury. “The sensor relays how far abroad the bench is from the airbag, accepting for the adapted bulk of burden to aerate the airbag cautiously in the accident of a crash,” says Kicking Tires. If the senor malfunctions, it could arrange the airbag at a college burden than is needed, accustomed the ambit amid the driver’s bench and the wheel.
So far, there are no letters of accidents or injuries for either recall. Hyundai should activate the recalls next month, and at that time, dealers will audit the airbag systems and alter adulterated apparatus for free. If you acquire questions or concerns, you may acquaintance Hyundai at 1-800-633-5151 or ability NHTSA at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
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